Drew Wutka
DWUTKA at marlow.com
Tue Mar 18 11:41:00 CST 2003
Only 20 megs....sheesh....remember the days when it cost an arm and a leg for a 20 meg hard drive? <grin> Drew -----Original Message----- From: John W. Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 6:29 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: RE: [AccessD] Slightly OT: Installation protocol Yea, you have a grouse. It won't get you far though. Welcome to DLL hell. BTW, this is one of the things that .NET is supposed to bring to the table, no more overwriting system DLLs. Since the runtime for .net is only about 20 megs, you can literally "xcopy" an entire copy of your system, complete with the runtime that you use, into a specific directory and tat is what is used for your app. You don't overwrite other peoples stuff, they don't overwrite yours. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Andy Lacey Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 7:14 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] Slightly OT: Installation protocol I'd like to know from you who install your VB apps on other people's machines whether it's normal practice to overwrite system dll's that are older than the one you're sending out, without asking or telling? A user here installed a demo which installed a version of oleaut32.dll. Their version was newer but it stll messed up my Access app, specifically where it talked to Outlook. Do I have a grouse? -- Andy Lacey http://www.minstersystems.co.uk _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _____ Is email taking over your day? Manage your time with eMailBoss. Try it free! http://www.eMailBoss.com <http://www.eMailBoss.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://databaseadvisors.com/pipermail/accessd/attachments/20030318/f55fc1b9/attachment-0001.html>